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Isolation and Characterization of Muscle Fatigue Substance with Anti-Tumor Activities

Ruben M. Munoz, Haiyong Han, Tony Tegeler, Konstantinos Petritis, Daniel D. Von Hoff, Stanley A. Hoffman

Division of Clinical Translational Research, Translational Genomics Research Institute, Scottsdale, Arizona, USA

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Munoz RM, Han H, Tegeler T, Petritis K, Von Hoff DD, Hoffman SA. Isolation and Characterization of Muscle Fatigue Substance with Anti-Tumor Activities. J Cancer 2013; 4(4):343-349. doi:10.7150/jca.5418. https://www.jcancer.org/v04p0343.htm
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Abstract

Research during the 1950's indicated that exercise played a role in the reduction of tumor growth. In the 1960's our studies confirmed that tumor-bearing rats, exercised to fatigue, demonstrated tumor inhibition. Our further studies isolated an extract (Fatigue Substance, or F-Substance) from rectus femoris muscles of rats which had been electrically stimulated to fatigue. This extract significantly inhibited growth of transplanted rat tumors. Research continued until 1978 when it became apparent the methodology at that time was not able to further identify the substance's active components. Using current technology, we now report on the further isolation and characterization of F-Substance. In cell proliferation assays, extracts from electrically stimulated rat rectus femoris muscles had more significant inhibitory effect on the breast cancer cell line MCF-7 than those isolated from unstimulated muscles. To identify the molecule(s) responsible for the antitumor activity, a rat cytokine antibody array was used to profile the cytokines in the substances. Among the 29 different cytokines contained on the array, 3 showed greater than 3-fold difference between the substances isolated from the stimulated and unstimulated muscles. LIX (also known as CXCL5) is 6-fold higher in the substances isolated from stimulated muscles than those from the unstimulated muscles. TIMP-1 is 4.6 fold higher and sICAM is 3.6 fold higher in the substances from the stimulated muscles. Our results indicated that cytokines released from contracting muscles might be responsible for the antitumor effect of F-Substance.

Keywords: exercise, muscle fatigue substance, F-Substance, antitumor


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Munoz, R.M., Han, H., Tegeler, T., Petritis, K., Von Hoff, D.D., Hoffman, S.A. (2013). Isolation and Characterization of Muscle Fatigue Substance with Anti-Tumor Activities. Journal of Cancer, 4(4), 343-349. https://doi.org/10.7150/jca.5418.

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Munoz, R.M.; Han, H.; Tegeler, T.; Petritis, K.; Von Hoff, D.D.; Hoffman, S.A. Isolation and Characterization of Muscle Fatigue Substance with Anti-Tumor Activities. J. Cancer 2013, 4 (4), 343-349. DOI: 10.7150/jca.5418.

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Munoz RM, Han H, Tegeler T, Petritis K, Von Hoff DD, Hoffman SA. Isolation and Characterization of Muscle Fatigue Substance with Anti-Tumor Activities. J Cancer 2013; 4(4):343-349. doi:10.7150/jca.5418. https://www.jcancer.org/v04p0343.htm

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Munoz RM, Han H, Tegeler T, Petritis K, Von Hoff DD, Hoffman SA. 2013. Isolation and Characterization of Muscle Fatigue Substance with Anti-Tumor Activities. J Cancer. 4(4):343-349.

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